Human Rights

Right
The freedom to do or not to do something, as recognized by law or the Constitution of a country.
In a democratic society, no person has complete freedom to do as he pleases.

important

moral
universal

-Human rights refers to the "basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled." -The legal and moral rights of humans recognized by national and international laws. -the supreme, inherent, and inalienable rights to life, to dignity, and to self development.

Human Rights? What is it?

Bill of Rights
Part of the Constitution which lists the basic rights of the individual which the Constitution seeks to protect from violation by the government, by any individual, or by any group of individuals.

2 Kinds of Rights/ Classes of Constitutional Rights

1. Civil Right

rights an individual has against interference by the government such as the rights to choose ones religion, to speak and unite freely and to choose where to have ones home. - refer to the right to protection of ones life, liberty and property.

2 Kinds of Rights/ Classes of Constitutional Rights

2. Political Rights

those rights which give an individual the power to participate directly/ in directly in the operation of the government such as the rights to vote in elections.

 Right of Privacy right of a person to be left alone, live without Right of Expression is the liberty to say, write or publish freely

Examples Of Human Rights

interference by other people in matters with which they are not necessarily concerned.

whatever one pleases without interference and fear of prosecution or punishment for so doing.

Examples Of Human Rights Right of Assembly

Right of Petition right of any person/ group of persons to ask,

in a public meeting to head what ideas will be expressed there or to discuss the subject in which they are interested.

the right on the part of the citizens to gather peaceably

without fear of penalty, any branch or office of the government to take or not to take action on a complaint or grievance.

 Religious Freedom right of an individual to worship God and to

Examples Of Human Rights

Right to Liberty the right to contract, the right to choose ones

employment, the right to labour and the right to locomotion.

embrace certain religious beliefs according to the dictates of his conscience without interference from a person/ power

Examples Of Human Rights

Right to Life right of an individual to his body in its completeness, free from dismemberment and extends to the rise of God-given faculties which make life enjoyable.